One caution about using VSPE courtesy of N8LP below. Do not connect any other programs when running K3Utility for firmware updates. It's possible that the firmware update files could be corrupted by other programs attempting to access the K3 during the update process. Larry does not even allow LP-Bridge to access to the K3Utility to avoid any potential problems.
73, Bill http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LP-PAN/message/1019 Re: [LP-PAN] Re: LP-Bridge and PowerSDR v0.92 alphas released Hi Bill. I block the K3 Utility commands. There is a mention on the LPB web page to not use K3 Utility. I don't think it's safe to flash firmware with more than one program connected to the K3. VSPE is like LP-Bridge with all filtering disabled (ie, all ports connected to the serial port, and vice versa). I would not use Utility with VSPE unless it's the only application connected to VSPE at the time. There are many situations I found in my testing of several other port sharing programs many months ago where I had problems with polling commands colliding, and causing missed commands and ignored commands by the K3. Also, if all commands are returned to all programs, any program without an asynchronous event driven serial implementation will get very confused by all the unanticipated traffic. LP-Bridge isolates the responses so that a program wont see anything it didn't poll for unless you check AI1 or AI2. This is generally done for programs which don't poll. Larry N8LP -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/-K3%7D-Eterlogic-VSPE-0.78-tp585342p660337.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
